We woke up in the middle of the night (2:45 am to be exact) to get to the airport to catch our first flight. We only had an hour layover in Vancouver so when the plane leaving Victoria was late, we started to worry. Landing in Vancouver, we speed walked for 15 minutes to our next gate, from one end of the airport to the other. You literally could not have gotten two gates further apart from one another. But, we made it!
We overnighted at the Hilton Garden airport hotel since we knew we’d be tired. They had a reasonably decent gym so I did a morning workout. The gym overlooked a very nicely designed circular pool and atrium.
We’d arranged for a private service, Mayan Traveler, to drive out to Akumal, about an south along the coast where we were staying for the next 10 days for scuba diving. Caribe Akumal Hotel is a very small, older resort and we had one of the bungalows which was very nice. We had no neighbors the whole time we were there, so it was also quiet!
There were five restaurants within just a few minutes’ walk so we rotated between them. We spent a lot of time at the Turtle Bay Café and Bakery because the wifi was significantly better than at our hotel – not to mention they had good coffee, smoothies and excellent ice cream!
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| Cat in her usual spot at Turtle Bay Cafe and Bakery |
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| This glass of lemonade could have doubled as a dumbbell it was so heavy! |
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| Shadows on a wall |
